Spirit readers get to pick the Fall Sports MVPs

November 19, 2010

PUNXSUTAWNEY â€” Following every sports season, Punxsutawney Area High School coaches and players decide which player is most valuable to their own teams.

Now, for the first-time ever, you, the public, have an opportunity to vote for The Punxsutawney Spirit's 2010 Fall Sports Male and Female Most Valuable Players.

Upon consideration from The Spirit's sports staff, two athletes have been chosen from each of the high school's nine fall varsity sports, providing voters a chance to pick from 10 girls from five sports and eight boys from four sports.

Each voter may select one male and one female from the options available as often as he or she would like, as long as the voter uses the ballot (at right) provided in The Spirit and delivers the ballot to P.O. Box 444, 510 Pine Street, Punxsutawney, PA. 15767.

The top vote-getters from each gender will win a plaque and recognition for being named the first-ever winners.

In addition, the first-ever Winter Sports and Spring Sports Male and Female Most Valuable Player votes will take place when those seasons conclude, as well.

The deadline for votes is at noon Monday, Dec. 6.

The candidates are:

GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY

Milea Schall, Senior

Schall won her second-straight individual district title before finishing 95th out of 282 finishers at states.

Alexis Young, Soph.

In her second varsity season, Young became the team's second-best runner, finishing second at districts.